Nurburgring 1000K 1956 - Ferrari, Maserati & Jaguar D Type do battle

Includes amazing on board footage as Tony Brooks laps a wet 'Ring with no Armco, just hedges and walls. Features a sole MGA, a Ford Thunderbird and countless Porsches

[@chrispironi]

The time when car enthusiasts ruled the competitions without the interference of politics with these wonderful machines, a truly glorious era. Thank you sir for this film.

[@bjornbursell7681]

What a gem this video is

[@classiccarsinaction]

thank you

[@stephenhenion8304]

Very cool video. This is my favorite era for Sports car endurance racing. Its a remarkable presentation!!! Thanks

[@classiccarsinaction]

Thank you very much!

[@クリスアーネスト]

Amazing! No safety barriers at all!

[@davidfoster3814]

What a find . Drivers mentioned include Jimmy Stewart , Jackie Stewart’s older brother , and Paul Frere who was very badly injured many years later whilst driving at the Nurburgring . And Peter Collins , who was killed at Nurburgring in 1958 . I saw Collins win the 1958 British Grand Prix two weeks earlier . I was 5 years old !

[@AmericasChoice]

Interestingly, Jimmy had a similar accident to Jackie's. Over turned in a D Type with fuel pouring over him. That was it for Jimmy, he quit racing that day...

[@Commander-McBragg]

Marveling at the gorgeous hand-hammered bodies

[@AmericasChoice]

Gorgeous. This is the best era for looks IMO

[@HarryHipster]

Thanks for the upload. Always exiting to see the Jags, Ferraris, Maseratis and Astons - which are now worth millions - in raw action. And how surprising and frightening to watch this massive Ford Thunderbird convertible (driven by Günther Isenbügel and Helmut Rathjen) wobbling around the ring. It seems as if even a taxi would have been faster. On the other hand, a comparably bulky and heavy Mercedes Benz 220 S (driven by Reiner Günzler and Helmut Retter) reached 17th overall - a sensational result.

[@marksulloway5669]

Very nice. Thank you.

[@classiccarsinaction]

Most welcome

[@aureliobrighton1871]

Wonderful over all and En Detail. I am german and a Jaguar D Type driven by Mike Hawthorn and Desmond Titterington to me is as British as the SR.N4 Mountbatten. Which is missed here equally as the Ring as a racetrack is. Thankyou :)

[@calleskoga3572]

A fantastic piece of film and I love it even if Brooks Aston sounded in the added sound more like an Porsche 917 than that Aston DB 3s he drove. Cheers from Sweden!

[@classiccarsinaction]

that’s the problem with silent film. I am glad not all viewers have your wonderful ear.

[@gothicpagan.666]

Good gracious, what wonderful clarity of sound and vision recreation. Which quite honestly is just as well, for there were many sights and sounds worth being there for; truly super. Wonder what the time scale was for that transporter to complete it's jolly?

[@classiccarsinaction]

Many thanks!

[@robhampsheir4325]

Great film. According to John Wyer, Collins was never interested after signing for Ferrari

[@paulreilly3904]

Paul, thank you for this and others on your site. Simply wonderful. Who is the narrator please? And I've subscribed and will look for your book.

[@classiccarsinaction]

Thank you Paul the narrator is Christoper Tate, If you want a copy of my father's book email me [e-mail]

[@Commander-McBragg]

More please!

[@scuderiapraga6815]

Lovely

[@classiccarsinaction]

Thanks

[@wat6816]

for the onboard footage you used a modified version of the sound of Damon Hill's drive in the Ferrari 250 GTO at Goodwood!

[@craigyirush3492]

Fantastic footage, especially the in car. Where is it from?

[@bobwerner6967]

Built in 1923, re-surfaced...?

[@mj99a]

what is the car that looks like a ford sunliner convertible with the big spare on the rear??

[@CSX2601]

Thunderbird